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DE69823336T2
DE69823336T2 DE69823336T DE69823336T DE69823336T2 DE 69823336 T2 DE69823336 T2 DE 69823336T2 DE 69823336 T DE69823336 T DE 69823336T DE 69823336 T DE69823336 T DE 69823336T DE 69823336 T2 DE69823336 T2 DE 69823336T2
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Edward Alan GREEN
Euan Morrison
Martin Robert PETTIGREW
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
    • H04B10/112—Line-of-sight transmission over an extended range
    • H04B10/1123—Bidirectional transmission
    • H04B10/1125—Bidirectional transmission using a single common optical path
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
    • H04B10/114—Indoor or close-range type systems
    • H04B10/1149—Arrangements for indoor wireless networking of information

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GBGB9702726.2A GB9702726D0 (en) 1997-02-11 1997-02-11 Optical point-to-multipoint transmission
GB9702726 1997-02-11
GB9706062 1997-03-24
GBGB9706062.8A GB9706062D0 (en) 1997-03-24 1997-03-24 Optical retro-reflector
PCT/GB1998/000421 WO1998035328A2 (en) 1997-02-11 1998-02-11 Signalling system

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AT (1) ATE265110T1 (ja)
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